Scientists have charted a comprehensive map of the brain cells responsible for keeping us awake. In doing so ... It relies heavily on animal experiments, in which scientists can inject trackable ...

During sleep, the brain weakens the new connections between neurons that had been forged while awake -- but only during ... pressure (need for sleep) the animal had built up before being allowed ...

Eric Behnke and Andrew Frew, UCLA (Bottom) (Right) It would take another century for researchers to grasp that the brain is an electric organ. Instead of animal spirits, voltage spikes travel ...

Brittany Capone had a brain tumor removed while she chatted with her doctors. New breakthroughs in awake surgery are opening up a world of possibilities for doctors. Here’s what it’s like for ...

You'll have a whale of a good time trying to solve these adorable animal riddles Learning becomes so much more enjoyable for kids when you make it fun. Taking something like riddles for kids and ...

Author: Peter J. B. Slater, University of St Andrews, Scotland Essentials of Animal Behaviour is an introduction to the study of animal behaviour and is primarily intended for first or second year ...

Some of the world’s top animal scientists got together to talk about leadership traits in the animal kingdom and published a study in Trends in Ecology and Evolution that explored what qualities ...

The difference between animal rights and animal welfare has been summed up like this: Animal rights advocates are campaigning for no cages, while animal welfarists are campaigning for bigger cages.

While it’s known that the unicorn became Scotland’s national animal because of its prominent place in the iconography of Scotland’s kings, what isn’t known is why and when the unicorn ...

Essentials of Animal Behaviour is an introduction to the study of animal behaviour and is primarily intended for first or second year undergraduates attending short courses in the subject. The book ...